I joined TK & Dwayne to talk “Shaun of the Dead” and about my new book Zombie run!
Movie Night is a weekly podcast hosted by comedians Dwayne Perkins and TK Kelly. Each week, Dwayne and TK are joined by a special guest to watch a movie of choice, shoot the shit, play some games, and pretend they know what the hell they’re talking about. Follow them on Twitter @movienightcast or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/movienightpodcastshow
Check out the latest episodes of “Slanted View,” a new CHOPSO presents podcast hosted by the CHOPSO Team — including Koji Steven Sakai, Quentin Lee, Sue Limsukonth and Alan Chan — and each offers their take on all things Asian.
Crushing The Myth is a nationwide Speaker Series that features Asian Americans and allies. We aim to share Asian American stories and perspectives with a global audience while building a strong community of leaders, thinkers, and influencers.
Asian America today is more than just the “Model Minority” label. Let’s stop thinking Asian Americans are one big, stale monolith and start telling Asian American stories that make people LISTEN, LEARN, INSPIRE.
– Each topic below will be narrated by a speaker through their own story and experience. – Audiences are encouraged to meet & discuss the stories in between speakers, during the intermission.
PARENTING * I Teach My Son To Hate Dr. Seuss and Why You Should Too (Koji Steven Sakai)
CULTURE * How I Used My Superpower to Get Our Church to Embrace Queer and Trans People” (Pastor Ken Fong) * Porn and Non-Profits: My Vision as an Asian American Man (William Lex Ham)
EDUCATION * Rules and Consequences: My Life in Public Education (Godfrey Plata)
WELLNESS * Strong not Skinny: How I Won an $80K Body Transformation Contest That Ultimately Changed My Thinking (Nina Nam)
To help us get Zombie Run’s Amazon Rankings higher, we are hosting a Zombie Run Buying Party… which means, please buy our book on Tuesday June 4 between 6 to 7 pm pst on Amazon.
Then join the writers, myself and Dwayne Perkins, who will be on Facebook Live, during the buying party! We’ll make jokes, we’ll have serious discussion, but most importantly we’ll talk zombies!
What if you had to pretend to be a zombie to survive? Hanson’s been living like zombie since the apocalypse. Until he learns that his zombie crush is, like him, a human pretending to be a zombie. She introduces him to the Human Underground, shows him how to love and teaches him that living is more than just being alive.
Open Casting Call for Feature Length Documentary Searching for Romeo & Juliet
Los Angeles / May 17, 2019: Little Nalu Pictures LLC (LNP) is
proud to announce that they have begun an open search for Asian Pacific
Islander American (APIA) Romeo and Juliets for their feature length
documentary, Searching for Romeo and
Juliet.
It started with an idea: What if we took the most iconic story in
Western Civilization and made the characters Asian but still speak in the
original language? Filmmaking partners Jeff Liu and Koji Steven Sakai began
working on a feature length screenplay where they re-imagined the tragic story
of Romeo and Juliet but as Asian Americans living in modern Los Angeles.
As they finished, they wondered if they could find actors to pull
off this ambitious project. One of the challenges was that despite the fact
that people claimed roles on stage (and screen) were open to all races for
casting, the reality was far different. Asian Americans weren’t generally
considered for many of Shakespeare’s iconic roles. In order to see if they
could find anyone, they had workshops at the Japanese American National Museum.
The team, Jeff, Ryun Yu, Koji, and Roxy Shih, was excited to see that not only
could they do it, they were amazing. They knew they had to get the project
made.
However, as they began to put the pieces together to make the
movie together, they ran into a roadblock: No one else believed it was
possible. Koji found that when he pitched the story to investors, production
companies, and others they didn’t buy the fact that two Asian American actors
could actually play Romeo and Juliet convincingly. They would often suggest
making Romeo anyone other than an Asian American.
This was the beginning of the feature length documentary: Searching for Romeo and Juliet—to prove
that an Asian American Romeo and Juliet could be found and highlight the
struggles of Asian Americans in the entertainment industry.
Once Romeo(s) and Juliet(s) are found an intense two-week training
will follow, culminating in a show case performance in front of a live
audience.
Searching for
Romeo and Juliet is being directed by Jeff Liu and Ryun Yu and produced by Koji
Steven Sakai, Roxy Shih, and Scott Shima.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
Casting
“Searching for Romeo and Juliet. We are looking for Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Romeos
and Juliets for our documentary. We are out to prove that APIA’s can play Romeo
and Juliet. Prove us right! Those cast will be included in two week long free
Shakespeare acting workshop and then a showcase of selected scenes in front of
a live audience.
What we are looking for: We are looking for a diverse set of APIA
Romeos/Juliets. If you are transgender, of the “wrong” age or the
“wrong” body – but if you have always felt that you had a Romeo or
Juliet inside you, we want to see you.
1st auditions are 1 dramatic monologue to be chosen from a list
of 4 from the play, to be sent via YouTube or Vimeo link with attached release
form to SearchingRomeoJulietAsian@gmail.com**
(please note, that when you are submitting your self-tapeyou
are agreeing that we may use it in our documentary. Before we can look at your
audition, we will need the release form completely filled out and signed)
Deadline
to submit:
May 17-June 1 at (11:59pm)
Call backs will be in person and will include an on-camera
interview. Please note that the subsequent Shakespeare workshop and scene
showcase will also be filmed.
Koji Steven Sakai 